Elena documented the cultivation and care of corn and its connection to cyclical family and community practices among Mayan communities, including her native Mam community in Guatemala, as well as José’s Yucatec Maya community in Mexico and Elías’s Tzeltal community in Chiapas. These include seed exchange, planting, and harvest-related rituals.

Elena incorporated WhatsApp videos sent by her son of their milpa in San Marcos, Guatemala, and two of her favorite TikTok videos showing the valley where she's from, and the abundant harvest of the milpas.

As part of her presentation, Elena shares this knowledge through practice and often gifts organic corn seeds to participants. Through this process, seeds emerged as living carriers of cultural continuity—material forms through which knowledge, relationships, and practices are sustained over time.

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